The "unnecessary rests" sounds like something that just happened to me. I have a score that alternates between 5/4 and 4/4 time every two measures. Measure 12 (a 4/4 measure immediately preceding a 5/4 measure) is corrupted. This measure starts with two eighth notes followed by a dotted half note, which should take up the whole measure. But MuseScore insisted on adding a sixteenth-note rest at the end. I backtracked and tried entering the measure again two or three times, with the same result, so then I gave up and moved on. I saved the file, but when I went to reopen it MuseScore reported it was corrupted, as the measure has that extra sixteenth note rest. So the scan before opening catches the error.
After reopening, I tried deleting the unwanted rest, but the program simply moved it to the next measure, corrupting that one instead. So I backed out the change.
P.S. Forgot to mention: The unwanted sixteenth-note rest appeared before I entered the 5/4 signature for the next measure. I haven't tried to reproduce this error. And I'm using the latest version of MuseScore (just downloaded it a couple of days ago).
That score indeed is corrupt,
Measure 12, Staff 1 incomplete. Expected: 5/4; Found: 85/64
you need to fix the corruption before doing anything else to it
Somehow you applied 'local time signatures' (like you hold Shift while applying it), apparently without any need.
Fixed score attached. It has nothing to do with duplets and as such seems entirely unrelated to the OP's issue
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Sample score needed. And exact description of what you do, what you see and what you expect instead
The "unnecessary rests" sounds like something that just happened to me. I have a score that alternates between 5/4 and 4/4 time every two measures. Measure 12 (a 4/4 measure immediately preceding a 5/4 measure) is corrupted. This measure starts with two eighth notes followed by a dotted half note, which should take up the whole measure. But MuseScore insisted on adding a sixteenth-note rest at the end. I backtracked and tried entering the measure again two or three times, with the same result, so then I gave up and moved on. I saved the file, but when I went to reopen it MuseScore reported it was corrupted, as the measure has that extra sixteenth note rest. So the scan before opening catches the error.
After reopening, I tried deleting the unwanted rest, but the program simply moved it to the next measure, corrupting that one instead. So I backed out the change.
Score is attached.
In reply to The "unnecessary rests"… by maggie.jacobs
P.S. Forgot to mention: The unwanted sixteenth-note rest appeared before I entered the 5/4 signature for the next measure. I haven't tried to reproduce this error. And I'm using the latest version of MuseScore (just downloaded it a couple of days ago).
That score indeed is corrupt,
Measure 12, Staff 1 incomplete. Expected: 5/4; Found: 85/64
you need to fix the corruption before doing anything else to it
Somehow you applied 'local time signatures' (like you hold Shift while applying it), apparently without any need.
Fixed score attached. It has nothing to do with duplets and as such seems entirely unrelated to the OP's issue
In reply to That score indeed is corrupt… by Jojo-Schmitz
It's quite possible I held down Shift at the wrong time. I'm a new and inexperienced user and this was actually my first score. Thanks for the fix!